Hello! I’m Furkan Dikmen

PhD candidate in Language Sciences, Université Côte d’Azur · Doctoral candidate, CNRS–BCL (IMMAGES project), supervised by Friederike Moltmann.

Research interests

My research focuses on natural language ontology and compositional semantics, with a particular specialization in object-based truthmaker semantics. I also work on morphosyntactic questions, especially insofar as they relate to semantic interpretation, including in frameworks such as Distributed Morphology and Nanosyntax. My empirical domains include clausal complementation, argument and event structure, passives, discourse particles, case, and diminutives.

Education

Present

Université Côte d’Azur

PhD(c) in Language Sciences

2020

Boğaziçi University

MA in Linguistics · GPA: 4.00

2017

Koç University

BA in English Language & Comparative Literature (summa cum laude) · GPA: 4.00